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The search for Aaron Sofer

Israeli police forensic experts work at the scene where a body was found in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

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The search for Aaron Sofer

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Israeli police forensic experts work at the scene where a body was found in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

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Israeli police forensic experts work at the scene where a body was found in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

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Israeli police and medics arrive at the scene where a body was found in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

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Israeli police forensic experts work at the scene where a body was found in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish volunteers look for Aaron Sofer, 23, a missing ultra-Orthodox Jewish student in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish volunteer looks for Aaron Sofer, 23, a missing ultra-Orthodox Jewish student in a Jerusalem forrest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

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Posters showing a picture of Aaron Sofer, 23, a missing ultra-Orthodox Jewish student are on display as volunteers look for him in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish volunteers look for Aaron Sofer, 23, a missing ultra-Orthodox Jewish student in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

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Israeli police forensic experts work at the scene where a body was found in a Jerusalem forest, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Israeli police said Thursday "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of the American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aaron Sofer disappeared. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner